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- ↑ "Stephen Bevans, SVD". ctu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ↑ Bevans, Stephen (2019). "My Pilgrimage in Mission". International Bulletin of Mission Research. 43: 82–91. doi: 10.1177/2396939318790421 . S2CID 158353076.
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- ↑ Bevans, Stephen B., 1944- (2018). Essays in contextual theology. Boston, M.A.: Brill. ISBN 9789004366718. OCLC 1028845886.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Shenk, Wilbert R. (2014). History of the American Society of Missiology, 1973–2013. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies. ISBN 978-0-936273-52-5.
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- ↑ Bevans, Stephen B., 1944- (1992). Models of contextual theology. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. ISBN 0883448149. OCLC 26014584.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Irvin, Dale; Phan, Peter C. (20 December 2018). Christian Mission, Contextual Theology, Prophetic Dialogue: Essays in Honor of Stephen B. Bevans, SVD. Orbis Books. ISBN 978-1-60833-765-1.
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